Where does “forestier” come from?

forestier (Old French) comes from Old French ier, from Latin herī, from Latin here, from Proto-Italic hezī, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- — day.

forestier (Old French): forester

Definitions

  1. forester

Ancestry of “forestier”, step by step

forestier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French ier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchieryesterday
2Latinherīyesterday
3Latinhereyesterday; second-person singular present active...
4Proto-Italichezī—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyésiyesterday
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰyes-yesterday, the day before
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeǵʰ-day

via Old French forest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchforestforest, royal hunting ground
2Latinforestisdative plural of foresta; ablative plural of...

Words derived from “forestier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyes- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰyési →